Unit 2 Green Spaces in Cities.ppt

Teaching context Time Allotment: Unit 2 Section B (50 m) Chapter：Green Spaces in Cities Teaching aims：The teaching of this text aims to enable students: to master the new words and useful phrases. to get acquainted with skills of reading paragraphs with a general statement that is supported by specific details. to get acquainted with skills of reading for main ideas. to practice what has been learned. Teaching context Teaching methods： utilizing the multi-media classroom to show courseware for students listening and reading the words, useful expressions and text from the teaching CD Learning these courses as following: /e-corner/ Reading Skills Finding Out Word Meanings What shall we do when we come across unfamiliar words in our reading? Many times we can figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word from clues provided by context. The particular reading skill introduced for this unit is finding out word meanings through context clues. In the text we list as many as 7 different ways of finding out the meaning of an unfamiliar word. The context clues that might be helpful for you to recognize the meaning of a new word include: Reading Skills Some sentences give the definition for a difficult word with the help of punctuation such as commas, dashes or parentheses. Context sometimes gives examples to illustrate a difficult word rather than define it. We can use the examples to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word. Reading Skills Synonyms (同义词) are words or phrases that are similar in meaning. A synonym is one type of context clue that helps you to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Reading Skills Antonym (反义词) clues. Antonyms are words or phrases that have opposite meanings to other words or phrases. Antonym clues can help you understand new words. Sentences before or after a sentence that has a difficult word sometimes explain the meaning of the word. Reading Skills Sometimes we can use our own experiences, or our knowledge about a